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/Sounds like the English word "guf" + "eh" (as in "egg") + "AHN" (as in "art") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

Goofing around, clowning, or messing about without being serious in Puerto Rico. Gufeando comes straight from the English "goofing" and captures that playful, zero-stakes energy of joking around with friends. Nothing productive is happening, and that is entirely the point.

Examples

Relax, I was just goofing around, I did not mean it seriously.

We spent the whole afternoon clowning with our cousins without doing a thing.

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Regional synonyms

The big shot who runs the block in Puerto Rican street culture. Bichote comes from the English "big shot" adapted to Boricua phonetics. A bichote has money, commands respect, and has people around him. The word jumped from street life into Puerto Rican trap and reggaeton, where Bad Bunny, Anuel, and others use it constantly.